Distance: 11.9 km (5.0 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Moderate terrain
Altitude: 534m to 815m. Gain: 723m. Loss: 486m . Gradient: 6 deg (Gentle)
Skills: - Streams (2/6)

Tramping track (4/9)
Cut, marked tramping track: natural, rough ground surface

Primary, mapped (1/5)
Formal route, on maps, principal access to hut or along range / catchment

Gentle (difficulty: 2/5)
Gentle slopes

Moderate (difficulty: 3/5)
Low scrub in open or bush / river rocks

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

Streams (difficulty: 2/6)
Small streams, danger only in extreme weather

Unknown (difficulty: 0/7)
Not specified

No description

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

Lovely walk through beech forest on a well graded mossy track, well marked. The track is particularly nice from the three wire bridge over the East Matakitaki River. Downie Hut is an historic hut and a lovely location on a warm day. Just watch out for wasps.